Magic is what we invent when we want something we think we cant have.

She sometimes thought she was going crazy. Her first thought when she woke up was always how to get him out of her thoughts. And she would keep watch, hoping to see him next door, while plotting ways to never have to see him again.

There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it.

The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

If anyone had been paying attention to the signs, they would have realized that air turns white when things are about to change, that paper cuts mean there's more to what's written on the page than meets the eye, and that birds are always out to protect you from things you don't see.

...a sad sort of vulnerability was wafting from her, making the night smell like maple syrup.

But one thing she [Rachel] did believe in was love. She believed that you could smell it, that you could taste it, that it could change the entire course of your life.